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Do not disconnect the USB cable or turn your computer on/off while this screen is displayed.

3A drive named “KORG D1200” will appear on your computer.

4Use your computer to back up the data.

When you open the “KORG D1200” drive that appeared in step 3, you will see the contents of the USB drive area within the D1200’s internal hard disk.

Copy the desired data onto your computer. You may also copy data from your computer back to the D1200’s USB drive.

5Disconnect the D1200 from your computer.

Left-click the () icon that is displayed in the right side of your computer’s taskbar.

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From the menu that appears, left-click “Stop USB disk drive (KORG D1200).” Verify that you see a message of “Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device.”

Select the “Exit” button of “USB Mode” and press [ENTER]. After you have exited USB mode, unplug the USB cable from the D1200.

If you are using Windows Me, “USB high capacity storage device” will be displayed as “USB drive.”

Macintosh users (Mac OS9.0.4 or later)

1Use a USB cable to connect the D1200 to your computer. Connect the USB cable from your computer to the D1200’s [USB] connector. Make sure that the connector is oriented correctly, and press it all the way in.

2Access the “USB Mode” screen.

In the [SYSTEM/USB] “DiskUtil” tab page, select “USB Mode” and press the [ENTER] key.

Do not disconnect the USB cable or turn your computer on/off while this screen is displayed.

3A drive named “KORG D1200” will appear on the desk- top of your computer.

When you connect the D1200 to your computer for the first time, a device driver will be installed.

4Use your computer to back up the data.

When you open the “KORG D1200” drive that appeared in step 3, you will see the contents of the USB drive area within the D1200’s internal hard disk. Copy the

desired data onto your computer. You may also copy data from your computer back to the D1200’s USB drive.

5Drag the added drive into the trash.

When you want to disconnect the D1200, either drag the drive from the desktop into the trash, or select the “Spe- cial” menu command “Eject.” Select the “Exit” button of the “USB Mode” screen, press [ENTER] to exit USB mode, and then unplug the USB cable from the D1200.

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Contents

Page Precautions Handling of the internal hard disk COPYRIGHT WARNING Introduction Preparations Quick Start Tutorial Operation Mixer Reference (COUNTER) MODELING BOUNCE CD Appendix Messages Index Introduction Conventions in this manual Parts and their function Page Page Front panel Rear panel Objects in the display and their function Basic operation Preparations 1-2.Input (audio input) connections 1-1.Output (audio output) connections 1-3.Connections when using external recording devices 2-1.Connecting the power supply 1-4.Connections when using an external effect 1-5.Pedal connections 1-6.MIDI connections Listening to the demo song 3-2.Adjusting the contrast Quick Start Tutorial Step 1: Quick recording 3. Creating a new song 4. Using the modeling mode Quick Start Tutorial Select the “ ” button and press the [ENTER] key to open the dialog box 4Now, let’s listen to the audio signal 5Dial up your settings for the modeling effects Return to the Modeling mode page either by pressing the [MODE- LING] key 5. Setting up a rhythm 1Press the [RHYTHM] key In the [RHYTHM] “Setup” tab page, turn the “Rhythm” button “On” (highlighted) tempo source tempo 7. Play back Now let’s play back the song you just recorded Press the track 1 and 2 [TRACK STATUS] keys to set them to 3Press the [PLAY] key to begin playback 4 Press the [STOP] key Step 2: Overdubbing 2. Applying an insert effect to the keyboard 3. Overdubbing MUTE 6Enter record-readymode Press the [REC] key (the [REC] and [PLAY] LEDs will blink) 4. Overdubbing additional parts Next we’ll add a vocal on track 1Connect a mic to the [INPUT 1] jack 3Set the track 3 [TRACK STATUS] to REC 4Adjust the input level, recording level, and effects to prepare for recording Step 3. Mixing 2. Adding EQ (equalization) to each track 3. Applying master effects to several tracks Step 4. Mastering 4Select the bounce mode 6 Move the current location to the beginning of the song. (→ p.32) 7Begin bounce-recording When you are ﬁnished recording, press the [STOP] key to stop 3. Writing to CD First, let’s select the two tracks you Turn “TrackMonitor” on, and press the [PLAY] key You will hear tracks 1 and 2 which you selected in “SelTrks.” 2Insert a commercially-availableblank CD-Rdisc into the CDRW-1 The “Obey Copyright Rules” message will appear Writing to disc will begin If you want to write another song, select a song then use steps 6Finalize the disc 7Play back the disc on an audio CD player to verify that it plays cor- rectly Operation Song and Locate 1-1.Creating a new song 1-2.Editing the name of a song 1-3.Selecting different songs 2-1.Switching the counter display 2-2.Changing the current location Operation Using the Locate keys Using a Mark to move to a new location in the song 2-3.Using the Scrub function to ﬁnd an exact location 3-1.Song editing operations Mixer 1-1.Analog input 1-2.Digital input 2-1.Adjusting the volume 2-3.Using EQ to adjust the tone 2-2.Adjusting the pan 2-4.Pairing 2-5.Monitor settings 2-6.Adjusting the cue level 2-7.Solo settings 3-1.Registering a scene 3-2.Switching scenes during playback 3-3.Recalling a scene 3-6.Editing and overwriting a scene 3-4.Changing the time at which a scene is registered 3-7.Deleting a scene 3-5. Re-registeringa scene at another time location 3-8.Applying ﬁltering to all scenes 3-9.Using MIDI to control scenes Effects 1-1.Applying insert effects while you record (analog or rhythm only) 1-2.Applying insert effects during playback 5. Controlling an effect from an external device Modeling mode 2. Applying a modeling effect to your bass 3. Applying a modeling effect to a mic 4. Saving your modeling effect settings 5-1.Internal operation in Modeling mode Rhythm 4. Setting the tempo of a song Manual tempo Tempo map Page Tempo track Page The Recorder 1-1.Basic recording 1-2.Switching the virtual track for recording 1-3.Recording while you listen to other tracks play 1-4. Re-recordinga speciﬁc area: Punch-in/out Loop recording 2-1.Playback 2-2.Program playback 2-3.Other types of playback 3-1.Preparations for track editing 3-2.Track editing procedures Insert blank space: “InsertTrack” Erase a track: “EraseTrack” Delete a track: “DeleteTrack” Optimize a track: “OptimizeTrack” Reverse a track: “ReverseTrack” Exchange tracks: “SwapTrack” Expand/compress a track: “Exp/CompTrack” Copy an entire track/Copying to a V-track(virtual track): “CopyWholeTrack” Exchange two entire tracks: “SwapWholeTrack” Create a fade-in/fade-out:“FadeTrack” Normalize the level: “NormalizeTrack” Mastering 1-1.Combining multiple tracks into two tracks 2-1.Creating an audio CD Page 3. Recording to a master tape 4. Using sub inputs Data 1-1.Backing up song data 1-2.Restoring song data 2-1.Backing up user effect data 3-1.Importing (reading) a WAV ﬁle Page 3-2.Exporting (writing) a WAV ﬁle 4.Drive and data compatibility between models of the Digital Drive 3. Erasing a CD-RWdisc 4. Drive capacity USB Page MIDI Using MIDI for mixer control Upgrading the system Page Reference (COUNTER)MODELING INSERT EFFECT InsAss: Specify the insert location and type of the insert effects 3. InsertTo [1 2...5 6] 3b 3c InsEff1: Select and edit insert effect 1. InputLevelMeter...... (IN1, 2/CLP, –8, –18, –42dB) 2. EffectNumber.. [000, 001...128, U001...128, (#)] 3a 3b 3a. Effect Icon InsEff2: Select and edit insert effect InsEff3: Select and edit insert effect InsEff4: Select and edit insert effect InsEff5–8:Select and edit insert effects 5–8 Eq1–4:Adjust the EQ for mixer channels 1–4 [Eff5, Eff6, Eff7, Eff8] 1.TrackLevelMeter MASTER EFFECT/AUX SEND 6. Bypass 7. Rename 8. Store MstEff2: Select and edit master effect EffSnd1: Adjust send levels to master effect [Ch1 ...6, 7–8...11–12/000100] EffSnd2: Adjust send levels to master effect FINAL EFFECT BOUNCE Prepare: Prepare to create an audio 1.SelectTracks ..(1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–12) 3.TrackMonitor....................................... [On, Off] 4. TrackMonitorLevelMeter CDR/RW: Create and play back an audio CD 3.Final(Finalize) 4. Erase 5. WriteToCD [1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x] 8. CD-R/RWtransport keys TUNER RHYTHM 7. Pattern Length, Pattern Position TmpMap: Tempo map editing 1. TempoMap 2. New [001 999] TmpTrk: Create a tempo track 3. Edit 5. Pattern Length, Pattern Position 1.Select RecTempoTrack Type [MIDIClock, MeasTap, BeatTap] INPUT/OUTPUT/SOLO InEq1–4:Adjust the EQ for inputs 1– 1.InputLevelMeter InputHigh [100Hz 20.0k (Hz)] Monitor: Parameters and settings 1. MasterLR 2. Solo 3. Rhythm 4. Cue SYSTEM/USB Control: Foot switch and control change device (pedal/MIDI) settings Sync: Synchronization settings 1.Select MIDISync Mode [MTC Mstr, MTC Slave, ClockMstr, Off] [0...9] MMC: MMC settings B-U/RstType:“Backup1Song” (001 100) B-U/RstType:“BackupAllSongs” 4. Destination 5. Exec.(Execute) 6b. Date B-U/RstType:“Restore” 3. Source 3a. BackUpFileList 3b. BackUpFileList DiskUtil: Disk drive management 3c. Delete (001...100, ***, Effect Ins001 128, Mst001 1. Exec.(Execute) 1a. Area “EraseCD-RW”:Erase a CD-RWdisc “Format/S”: Format the song drive “Format/U”: DOS-formatthe USB drive “LoadSystem/C,” “LoadSystem/U,”: Update the D1200’s system program “Format ALL”: Format the entire hard disk TRACK 3.DestTrack [1...12, 1–2...11–12, 1–4...9–12, 1–6, 7–12, 1–12,Clip#*1] [1...99] 6b. Zoom In/Out/Up/Down EditType: “InsertTrack” 4. Wave EditType: “DeleteTrack” 2.DestTrack 3. Wave 4. Exec.(Execute) EditType: “OptimizeTrack” 3.Mode [Normal, Erase Silence, Erase Punch Noise] EditType: “Exp/CompTrack” 12, 1–2 11–12] 6. Wave 7. Mode 7a7b [Fixed, Variable] EditType: “CopyWholeTrack” Import: Import WAV ﬁles 2a. Delete 2b. Prvw [1...12, 1–2...11–12,clip#] Export: Export a WAV ﬁle 1. Clip# 4.Date 5. Option [16bit, 24bit] 6b. Dither SW SONG EditType: “CopySong” (001...100) EditType: “MoveSong” EditType: “ProtectSong” IN/LOC1, OUT/LOC2, TO LOC3, END/LOC4 MARK SCENE 3. Pan/fader guide 10.OvrWrt 11.EDIT MixView: Viewing pan and fader scene data 1. Pan/Balance... (Pan1...Pan6, Bal7–8...Bal11–12) 2. Level (Lev1...Lev6, Lev7–8...Lev11–12) 6. EDIT AUTO PUNCH LOOP TRIGGER SCRUB METER/TRACK VIEW UNDO Effect Parameter List 1: RV1: Reverb Hall Category: Reverb-typeeffects 2: RV2: Smooth Hall 3: RV3: Reverb Wet Plate 9:DL2: St/Cross Delay (Stereo/Cross Delay) 10:DL3: St.Multitap Delay (Stereo Multitap Delay) 11: DL4: St.Modulation Delay 12:DL5: St.Dynamic Delay (Stereo Dynamic Delay) 13: DL6: St.Auto Panning Delay Category: Modulation-typeeffects 14:MO1: St.Chorus (Stereo Chorus) 15:MO2: St.Flanger (Stereo Flanger) 16:MO3: St.Phaser (Stereo Phaser) 17:MO4: St.Vibrato (Stereo Vibrato) Category: Dynamics-typeeffects 21:DY1: St.Compressor (Stereo Compressor) 19:MO6: St.Auto Pan (Stereo Auto Pan) 20: MO7: Ensemble 22:DY2: St.Limiter (Stereo Limiter) 25: DY5: St.Exciter/Enhancer 27: DY7: St.Parametric 4band EQ Category: Special Effect 28: SE1: St.Ring Modulator 29: SE2: Doppler 30: SE3: St.Analog Record 31: SE4: Talking Modulator Category: Large size effects 32: LS1: St.Graphic 7band EQ 35: LS4: St.Pitch Shifter 33: LS2: St.Multiband Limiter 34: LS3: Vocoder Category: Guitar multi 40: GT2: Guitar Multi2 41: GT3: Guitar Multi3 42: GT4: Guitar Multi4 43: GT5: Guitar Multi5 Category: Pre-ampsimulator 48: PA1: Pre Amp Simulator Drive NR2 Exctr Filter CabRes Tone Cabinet Treml Delay S.Dly Pitch MicSim 55: MM1: P4EQ – Exciter 56: MM2: P4EQ – Wah 57: MM3: P4EQ – Cho/Flng 58: MM4: P4EQ – Phaser 59: MM5: P4EQ – Mt.Delay Excit1 Lmtr Decima Excit2 Comp1 Trml Mt.Dly Reverb 88: MN1: OverDrive/HighGain 89: MN2: Compressor2 98: MN11: Expander Cntrl (Control) Guitar type Bass type Mic type Page Appendix Troubleshooting Channel fader or EQ does not work Can’t record Can’t use digital input The input or recorded sound is noisy or distorted Effects do not apply A key does not function when pressed Rhythm MIDI CD-R/RW WAV USB Messages Page About the CDRW-1 3. Inserting a disc 4. Removing a disc 5. Using the CDRW-1 D1200 speciﬁcations ■Included items ■Separately sold options Effect Program List INSERT EFFECT MASTER EFFECT FINAL EFFECT Rhythm Pattern List (215patterns) Index Page diagram Block [ Digital Recording Studio ] Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks